Tortur d'amour - Auf immer und ledig
(2005)
Regisseur:
Eric CivanyanSchauspieler:
Gérard Jugnot, Jean Dujardin, Mélanie Doutey, Henri Garcin, Philippe Magnan, Jacques Herlin, Lorella Cravotta, Hubert Saint-Macary, Sylvie Audcoeur, Sandrine Rigaux, Affif Ben Badra, Maud Le Guenedal, Raphaël Personnaz, Marie-France Santon, Patrick Haudecoeur, Arno ChevrierDer Tuchhändler Van Buck denkt trotz revolutionärer Zeiten in Paris nur ans Geschäft. Sein Neffe Valentin ist ein Taugenichts, der Zeit und Geld am liebsten im Bordell verschwendet. Die beiden haben sich lange nicht gesehen. Doch der Onkel ist auf den Neffen angewiesen, denn van Buck wittert den großen Coup, wenn er nur Valentin mit der wunderschönen Tochter einer waschechten Baronesse verheiraten kann. Doch Valentin zeigt sich widerspenstig, will niemals heiraten. Man einigt sich auf eine Wette.
Paris, 1830. Valentin loses himself in alcohol, gambling and women. He does not believe in life and especially not in love. His uncle Van Buck believes only in the virtues of money and trade. Everything separates them until the day when Van Buck, to improve his public image, wants to make Valentin marry the young and impoverished Baroness Cécile. Valentin, who has absolutely no desire to get married, bets that he can easily seduce her in 24 hours and thus prove that she, like all the others, is not worth loving... But Cécile, who believes in true love, will prove much more difficult to woo than envisaged and Valentin will have to use all possible stratagems to try and win his bet. The game of cat and mouse starts... But who is the cat?
Paris, 1830. Valentin loses himself in alcohol, gambling and women. He does not believe in life and especially not in love. His uncle Van Buck believes only in the virtues of money and trade. Everything separates them until the day when Van Buck, to improve his public image, wants to make Valentin marry the young and impoverished Baroness Cécile. Valentin, who has absolutely no desire to get married, bets that he can easily seduce her in 24 hours and thus prove that she, like all the others, is not worth loving... But Cécile, who believes in true love, will prove much more difficult to woo than envisaged and Valentin will have to use all possible stratagems to try and win his bet. The game of cat and mouse starts... But who is the cat?
